Flutter is a very powerful framework for building high performance cross-platform applications. However, as with any language, framework or software tool, there are techniques or best practices that we can use to optimise the performance and get the most out of the application. So here are three things to improve…

In one of my recent pet projects, I needed to create an AppBar which if scrolling down a list, it moved up and disappeared but immediately on scrolling up, it became visible again. The quest to find out how to do this led me to discovering “Slivers”. So read on…

Welcome to part 2 of the Flutter + TMDB API application. In case you missed part 1, catch up on it here. One of the items I mentioned in part 1 which we’ll need to implement better is the Lists — similar to bookmarks or favourites. …

Many of you may be unaware that in November 2021 the potato won best vegetable for the 318th year in a row. Talk about an unbeaten run. Before this streak, it was 212 years in a row. Apparently, there was that one strange year in the middle where the carrot…

There was a time in my life where I was addicted to donuts (doughnuts). And not just any donuts, but the Tesco lemon filled donuts that came in a pack of 5. I could clear that pack in a 10 minute sitting and still crave for more. …

In the spirit of using APIs (as documented in my previous post) today we’ll be diving deeper into the API land by creating a simple movie app which will be consuming real time data from the TMDB public REST API. I actually had a rocky start to this project and…

An API (Application Programming Interface) is a set of definitions and protocols for integrating two or more computer programs. It allows the different softwares/services to communicate with each other. Most modern and functional applications are powered by data and information. This data has to come from a source. For some…

Alongside the usual ‘Hello World’ to get started with a programming language, the to-do list app is probably one of the most common projects newbies start with to familiarise themselves with a new tech stack. It’s right up there with the clock app and calculator app. And with good reason…

Firebase is an app development platform developed by Google for building, creating and growing mobile and web applications. With Firebase, developers need not focus so much on the backend — servers, APIs, storage, analytics etc — as the platform takes care of all these needs. Once you have created your…